First time I've really had a chance to do a brain dump since the finale....so if anyone cares to read here goes:
1. This season as a whole was boring. That's not really a hot take. However, that's because we had a dominating alliance structure and a dominating winner. I don't think it's casting nor any other reason. Honestly, it was just the way the cards fell. Three HOH challenges in a row did we ALMOST get someone outside of the power structure to win. Janelle nearly beat Tyler in "Mugshots", Kasar nearly won "Carnival Quick Shot", and Da'Vonne nearly beat Christmas (who freaking never had to answer a question to get HOH) in "Filter Face-Off". Any of those outcomes go the other way, this season is wide open.
2. Weeks 1 and 2 were actually pretty interesting. There was a lot more high level game play hence no one wanting to take that first step and make themselves a target.
3. Enzo has a top 5 social game of all time but he's shown twice now that while he can get to the final 3 easily, he can't just rest on his laurels. While he let Cody do all the dirty work, Cody was getting recognized for the dirty work...Enzo has to do more down the stretch.
4. If Nicole had won and cut Cody she deserves it. However I don't think she would have.
5. Cody played a phenomenal dominating game. A top 10 maybe top 5 win...(I plan to do a winner ranking in the coming weeks). A couple times he sensed losing some grip on his power and was able to right the ship before it got dangerous. He's pretty vanilla, but damn if you dive into his game its impressive.
6. Still don't get why people who have been in a bubble have to wear a mask talking to someone who is not in a bubble and doesn't need to wear one.
7. I wish Tyler would have had his head in the game the whole time. I still believe he has the highest BB ceiling even over Cody....even a shell of Tyler was good enough for final 6.
8. I'm excited for a season of noobs next summer. I almost enjoy it more not knowing anything about these people and making predictions/assumptions ect. I'm always hoping for the next Dan/Derrick/Will ect.
9. Taking a step back, to be able to pull a season off during a pandemic is a huge plus. We are allowed to call it boring ect but it was a nice distraction.
10. This was the best episode overall. We got the correct winner and we got a blindside (Nicole didn't see it coming). We had good jury segments, good challenges, no production screwups ect.
1. This season as a whole was boring. That's not really a hot take. However, that's because we had a dominating alliance structure and a dominating winner. I don't think it's casting nor any other reason. Honestly, it was just the way the cards fell. Three HOH challenges in a row did we ALMOST get someone outside of the power structure to win. Janelle nearly beat Tyler in "Mugshots", Kasar nearly won "Carnival Quick Shot", and Da'Vonne nearly beat Christmas (who freaking never had to answer a question to get HOH) in "Filter Face-Off". Any of those outcomes go the other way, this season is wide open.
2. Weeks 1 and 2 were actually pretty interesting. There was a lot more high level game play hence no one wanting to take that first step and make themselves a target.
3. Enzo has a top 5 social game of all time but he's shown twice now that while he can get to the final 3 easily, he can't just rest on his laurels. While he let Cody do all the dirty work, Cody was getting recognized for the dirty work...Enzo has to do more down the stretch.
4. If Nicole had won and cut Cody she deserves it. However I don't think she would have.
5. Cody played a phenomenal dominating game. A top 10 maybe top 5 win...(I plan to do a winner ranking in the coming weeks). A couple times he sensed losing some grip on his power and was able to right the ship before it got dangerous. He's pretty vanilla, but damn if you dive into his game its impressive.
6. Still don't get why people who have been in a bubble have to wear a mask talking to someone who is not in a bubble and doesn't need to wear one.
7. I wish Tyler would have had his head in the game the whole time. I still believe he has the highest BB ceiling even over Cody....even a shell of Tyler was good enough for final 6.
8. I'm excited for a season of noobs next summer. I almost enjoy it more not knowing anything about these people and making predictions/assumptions ect. I'm always hoping for the next Dan/Derrick/Will ect.
9. Taking a step back, to be able to pull a season off during a pandemic is a huge plus. We are allowed to call it boring ect but it was a nice distraction.
10. This was the best episode overall. We got the correct winner and we got a blindside (Nicole didn't see it coming). We had good jury segments, good challenges, no production screwups ect.
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